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vote will reflect my balancing of the different views that have been put to me by citizens who have legitimate, although different, views, and to those views I have applied my judgment, as every one of you has done. I believe that some of you may not be objective in any way in your evaluation of the material. I believe it is my right and my obligation to vote as I see it, and I will do that, having weighed all the evidence and what I have heard, having sifted the chaff from the wheat. All I ask is that other people do the same thing and set aside for the time being any biases that they may have on this subject.
MR PROWSE: Mr Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: Do you claim to have been misrepresented?
MR PROWSE: I have been misrepresented. I refer to Ms Follett's speech.
Mr Berry: On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker; it is convention that these matters be dealt with following the conclusion of a debate. I think it is inappropriate for the matter to be dealt with in the course of the debate because it effectively is used as a tool for debating the issue again.
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: I believe he is entitled to make his point under standing order 47, Mr Berry. Continue, Mr Prowse.
MR PROWSE: I would just like to mention that Ms Follett erroneously attributed my speech to the Speaker. It is quite obvious to anybody that I made my speech as David Prowse, MLA; that is why I left the chair, and I want that definitely on the record as part of this debate.
I also resent the inference by Ms Follett questioning my right to practise alternative medicine. How dare she! I hold certificates as a member of the Australian Traditional Medicine Society, as a member of ANTA, the Australian National Therapists Association, and - - -
Mr Moore: On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker; standing order 47 clearly does not apply here; 46, perhaps, and then Mr Berry's point carries.
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: He is not debating a substantive matter. Continue, Mr Prowse.
MR PROWSE: Both of them have been examined by health funds which allow patient rebates on fees paid to practitioners who are members. Also, by examination, I am accepted as a member of the Australian Society of Clinical Hypnotherapists. Please record that because members opposite, with their trade union background, have repeatedly questioned my abilities in this area. I have
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